Democracy and transparency: key service websites

Democracy and transparency: A to Z of related services

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  • Cabinet

    The Cabinet is the part of the Council responsible for most day-to-day decisions

  • Committee meetings

    Each committee has a membership, which attends. There will also be a number of council officers, whose role within the council is to support the committee process

  • Constitution

    The Constitution is the Council’s Code of Corporate Governance

  • Coronavirus advice

    Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice on staying healthy and well, changes to Devon County Council services, education and support for communities, employers and employees.

  • Councillors

    County councillors - locate your local representative by name or electoral division

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  • Data protection

    Data protection laws set out your rights over your own personal data and our pages help you exercise those rights and inform you how we process your data

  • Data protection – your rights

    Your data protection rights (the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation) including how to make objections, request erasure, request restrictions and how to exercise your rights

  • Democracy

    Access information about your councillors, decision making in Devon and how you can get involved

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  • Elections

    County Council elections in England take place once every four years, when all 62 seats in Devon are up for election

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  • Facts and figures about Devon

    A range of statistics, gleaned from a number of sources, about the people of Devon. You can also find information that the council has published as ‘open data’

  • Forward plan – council meetings

    In line with the public’s general rights of access to information and the promotion of transparency in the way which decisions are taken by or on behalf of the Council, Devon County Council produces a Forward Plan of any Key Decisions to be taken by the Cabinet and any Framework Decisions to be made by the County Council

  • Freedom of information

    How to access council information, links to published information, responses to previous freedom of information requests.

  • Full council

    All councillors meet together as the Council. Meetings of the Council are normally open to the public. Here councillors decide the Council’s overall policies and set the budget each year

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  • Impact assessments

    Information about the process we use to make sure we have considered the most effective way to use our resources and avoid causing problems to people in specific groups with protected characteristics

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  • Lord Lieutenant of Devon

    The main office of the Lord-Lieutenant is that of Her Majesty’s representative in the county, and it is his first and foremost duty to uphold the dignity of the Crown.

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  • Pupil place planning

    The team is responsible for all aspects of Children’s Services strategic planning

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  • Record retention

    Information about how long we keep different types of records such as evidence of decisions and transactions

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  • Scrutiny

    The Council's scrutiny committees independently monitor how the Council goes about its business and the decisions it makes

  • Strategic planning and policy

    We work in partnership with district councils and neighbouring authorities on strategic and cross-boundary planning policy issues

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  • Transparency code

    Devon County Council has an obligation to publish a range of information to comply with the Transparency Code 2014

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  • Webcasts – council meetings

    From here you will be able to access webcasts of our live council meetings, view archived council meetings from the last few months, view or complete any surveys or polls and access any documents or presentations associated to the webcasts

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